DEPRECATED

New Telegram chatbots should use the AWS Lambda functions: https://github.com/urbanriskmap/cognicity-reports-telegram-lambda

cognicity-reports-telegram

Telegram support for CogniCity GRASP

Install

npm install

Creating a bot in Telegram

You can create a bot as instructed here

Run

node app.js

Configuration

Save a copy of sample.env as .env in local directory with appropriate credentials

BOT_TOKEN: The token required to authenticate bots and send requests to the Bot API
DEFAULT_LANG: Language codes (Used in this repo: 'en' and 'id')
CARD_PATH: The frontend url to view cards
APP: The frontend url to view maps
API_SERVER: The server url to receive card OTL from
X_API_KEY: The key needed to make calls to the server
PG_CON: Postgres database connection string

Misc Notes

grasp "username" is actually Telegram user ID or conversation ID to allow replies in conversation
errors are logged to console, but not returned to user currently

Bot commands

For Indonesia :
- /report issue report card in English
- /laporan issue report card in Indonesian
- /start issue initial text in Indonesian
For India:
- /flood issue flood report card in English
- /start issue initial text in English